Productivity levels: maxed. Now I just need to keep this up for the next 3 months. I’m sure I will.

Translation Party House Rules:

Spoiler:

1. Translation Parties are intended to help you make the best subtitle choice for a given anime. Choose which line(s) you liked best by selecting them with the checkbox.

2. I split the Party into two parts — Essential and Extended. Assuming you want to get this shit over with quickly, just go with the Essential choices. I picked these to be the most representative lines in the releases. But if you’re one of those people who want more comparisons to help you come to a decision, go with the Essential choices and the Extended ones.

3. If you didn’t like any of the lines, choose the “N/A” option. The results for “N/A” won’t be automatically tabulated, so you’ll have to do the math in your head. Have my gomens and nasais.

4. A “>” indicates that another character has begun speaking. If there are three characters in a line comparison, I will indicate the third with a “>>” and so on for more characters.

5. Group order is randomized for each screenshot, every time you refresh the page. However, the “N/A” option will always appear at the bottom of the screen.

6. Your results will be summed up when you click the “Get your results” button. Feel free to vote in the poll at the end/post in the comments to let others know how you did and to compare your results with them.

7. Party hard.

Noragami – Episode 01

Comparisons: 9 or 16

Yes, the number of comparisons was cut down this go around. It’s hard to find meaningful differences when all the groups just release minor edits of the official script.

Participants:

DameDesuYo

FFF

HorribleSubs

Sekinin

Codes:

{\i1} indicates the start of italics

{\i0} indicates the close of italics

Essential 1.

This isn’t much in the show, probably because they assumed you were going into this knowing that it was just a shitty ripoff of every supernatural anime ever, but that monster there grows off people’s negative energy.

DameDesuYo :: Actually, you named your dog after Zenny’s leader, Ami. That’s lame!
>What do you mean, lame!? Shiina’s totally my lover!
I’m all about the Hundred Archfiends!
>How can you like Visual Kei?

FFF :: Wait, didn’t you name your dog after Zenny’s leader, Ami?
That’s so lame!
>What do you mean, “lame”?!
>Shiina’s the love of my life!
{\i1}I’m{\i0} all about The Hundred Archfiends!
>How can you like that flashy pop band?

HorribleSubs :: Actually, you named {\i1}your{\i0} dog after Zenny’s leader, Ami. That’s lame!
>What do you mean, lame?! Shiina’s totally my wife!
{\i1}I’m{\i0} all about the Hundred Archfiends!
>How can you like {\i1}visual kei{\i0}?

Sekinin :: Hey, Ami, didn’t you name your dog after Zenny’s leader? How lame.
>Lame in what way? Shiina is {\i1}so{\i0} my type!
Well, {\i1}I’m{\i0} all about the Hundred Archfiends!
>I don’t get how you can stand those {\i1}noises{\i0} they make.

to go in raw dog like a poorly conceived white trash porno :: N/A. They all suck.

This isn’t much in the show, probably because they assumed you were going into this knowing that it was just a shitty ripoff of every supernatural anime ever, but that monster there grows off people’s negative energy.

DameDesuYo :: Actually, you named your dog after Zenny’s leader, Ami. That’s lame!
>What do you mean, lame!? Shiina’s totally my lover!
I’m all about the Hundred Archfiends!
>How can you like Visual Kei?

FFF :: Wait, didn’t you name your dog after Zenny’s leader, Ami?
That’s so lame!
>What do you mean, “lame”?!
>Shiina’s the love of my life!
{\i1}I’m{\i0} all about The Hundred Archfiends!
>How can you like that flashy pop band?

HorribleSubs :: Actually, you named {\i1}your{\i0} dog after Zenny’s leader, Ami. That’s lame!
>What do you mean, lame?! Shiina’s totally my wife!
{\i1}I’m{\i0} all about the Hundred Archfiends!
>How can you like {\i1}visual kei{\i0}?

Sekinin :: Hey, Ami, didn’t you name your dog after Zenny’s leader? How lame.
>Lame in what way? Shiina is {\i1}so{\i0} my type!
Well, {\i1}I’m{\i0} all about the Hundred Archfiends!
>I don’t get how you can stand those {\i1}noises{\i0} they make.

to go in raw dog like a poorly conceived white trash porno :: N/A. They all suck.

Sekinin :: They’re lesser beings, but there’s a ton of them!
Way too many to deal with!
You teased them, didn’t you?!
Milord, you’ve had enough fun for one day!

to go in raw dog like a poorly conceived white trash porno :: N/A. They all suck.

Decision Point:

I can’t tell the difference between these subs. Maybe more comparisons will help. (They won’t, but feel free to click the spoiler and keep reading.)
I don’t even know why I’m here. This show sucks. (Solid move. Head down to the results.)

Expanded 1.

I’m going to assume the only reason Bones decided to do the show is for this shot.

Adding Hatsuyuki’s version wouldn’t be hard, but their subs wouldn’t be properly represented in the poll. Additionally, I tend to avoid adding groups to TL Parties because it’s not really fair to the groups who are already represented when the post goes up. This is because groups can just look at which lines are being compared and make sure those specific lines in their subs look better than the other groups’ lines. Then they can point to the post as “objective” proof of how better they are.

I saw this happen with ji-hi’s comparisons. Groups (Hadena, for example) used to wait till the comparisons came out and then made sure their subs looked better in the comparison than their “competitors'”. I’m not about to let that bullshit happen here. So as a general rule, I avoid adding anything to the TL Parties after they’re posted.

Fansubbing is (or used to be) rather cutthroat. Do what you gotta do to feed that ego. anidb/myanimelist vote rigging is easy as fuck, for example. It doesn’t take much to clear your cookies and register a new account. If you trust those anonymous reviews, you’re a goddamn moron. You think fansubbers don’t vote on that shit?

Any comparison that allows for additions after it’s posted is subjected to dishonesty. Let’s say you’re in a group and see a comparison on 10 lines posted on a popular site. And let’s say your group hasn’t released their episode yet. Are you going to just pretend you never saw those comparisons, or are you going to make sure for those specific lines you look better than other, “lesser” groups? I know which option I’m betting most groups would take.

Just need to compare them myself then. And I don’t think FFF will switch to CrunchyTL (did they ever do that?) – Crunchy is 3 days late and FFF posted about releasing second episode in a few hours (it was eight hours ago, though).

Overall scores…
DameDesuYo: 4 times
FFF: 2 times
HorribleSubs: 6 times
Sekinin: 7 times
Looks like your best bet is Sekinin

Sekinen has potential, but some of their edits were a big improvement, while others sounded terrible. Also, they need to choose (see Essential 8) one TL for Jinki (神器?): either “Divine Instrument” or “Sacred Treasure.” I prefer the former for its being more descriptive of the role.

P.S. I just realized you may have known it was DDY, but still liked the line. While “cannon fodder” is a cool idiom, it doesn’t fit the scene.